ANALYZING CLASSICAL FORM

Cadence vs. Codetta continued:

The so-called plagal cadence (often as an Amen figure) is another
instance of this problem, for almost all such identified cases really involve
a codetta (e.g., IIVI), whose emphasized subdominant is typical of an
after-the-end function.
If you are tempted to speak of additional cadences that follow the
final cadence of a theme, consider instead whether these are better
understood as codettas.

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Finer Points
Contrasting Idea Replaced by Continuation Phrase
In some periodic situations, the formal position that would ordinarily be filled
by a 2-m. contrasting idea is replaced by a full 4-m. phrase that has the standard
features of a continuation.
The resulting phrase deviation could be seen as a form of phrase expansion, in that what was expected to be a 2-m. unit within either the antecedent or
the consequent (or both) is inflated to become a 4-m. unit.
EXAMPLE 5.26

Haydn, String Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3, ii, 110

Example 5.26: in this periodic hybrid (compound basic idea + consequent), what
would have been a contrasting idea in mm. 78 (corresponding to mm. 34 in the
opening phrase) is replaced by a 4-m. unit (mm. 710) whose fragmentation and
model-sequence technique leading to a cadential idea resembles a regular continuation phrase.